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Fri, Feb 2, 2018·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Detroit Red Wings 4, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 60% of the time.

CAR winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET116111211438
CAR113011013137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 8:16CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Justin Faulk, Teuvo Teravainen · Deflected, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:21DETDanny DeKeyserAssists: Darren Helm, Tomas Tatar · Slap, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:06DETTrevor DaleyGWGAssists: Darren Helm · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:45DETGustav NyquistAssists: Henrik Zetterberg · Snap, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:48DETDarren HelmAssists: Luke Glendening · Slap, 0.22 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:19DETDylan Larkin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:14CARJordan Staal: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 19:17CARJeff Skinner: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 4:09CARDerek Ryan: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 11:42DETDarren Helm: Tripping2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCAR
38Shots on goal37
3.3Expected goals2.6
62Shot attempts68
20Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
25Hits20
18Blocked shots12
4Giveaways7
19Takeaways16

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha11:58

    xG 1.19–0.51 (70%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Nielsen – Helm – Tatar9:08

    xG 0.45–0.24 (65%)attempts 11–11goals 3–0

  3. Abdelkader – Glendening – Frk7:01

    xG 0.42–0.26 (61%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  4. Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Larkin10:50

    xG 0.50–0.51 (50%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Green15:42

    xG 1.17–0.77 (60%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  2. Jensen – DeKeyser14:29

    xG 0.78–0.43 (65%)attempts 17–12goals 2–0

  3. Daley – Ericsson16:51

    xG 0.63–0.77 (45%)attempts 14–27goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestKruger – Nordstrom – Lindholm4:08

    xG 0.20–0.10 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  2. Williams – Rask – Teravainen2:36

    xG 0.14–0.05 (74%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Teravainen – Aho8:44

    xG 0.46–0.38 (55%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Skinner – Ryan11:38

    xG 0.50–0.75 (40%)attempts 15–15goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Hanifin13:00

    xG 0.66–0.40 (62%)attempts 17–13goals 0–2

  2. Slavin – Pesce16:47

    xG 0.64–0.64 (50%)attempts 21–13goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Fleury14:27

    xG 0.22–1.05 (17%)attempts 9–20goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

CAR 2.6 xGDET 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARDET

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CAR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CAR is favoured, below it DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #863 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 60% of the time.

CAR winsDET wins

Simulated goal difference (CAR − DET), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).